The media makes me angry. Big phama make me angry. Here’s why.
Something I have become conscious about in the last few years is the importance of reviewing the background of information that is presented to you. It’s …
Read →nicholosophy.com (2010–2017)
Posts from my second blog at nicholosophy.com — fat acceptance, mental health, politics, and personal reflections.
Law and Order: SVU taught me something last night…
Trigger warning: talk of rape and violence against women I watched an episode of Law and Order: SVU last night that dealt with some really tough issues. …
Read →Human Software Testing
The last few weeks of my life have been full of tests. Not medical or life changing ones. Software tests. If you aren’t aware by now, I’m a computer programmer …
Read →Poll: Should fat kids be taken away from their parents?
This seems to be a topic that does the rounds from time to time. I would love to know what you think. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please …
Pea and Barley Soup
We got our fortnightly veggie box last night and this week we didn’t get a chance to change what was in it before it was delivered. This meant we got a few …
Read →Poll: Have you ever urinated in the shower?
I had a discussion with someone the other day about urination in the shower. I wondered how widespread this practice was so thought I would see who would be …
Diabetes – what the fuck do I do now?
A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Prior to this I lived in a space that was safe and loving of my body. I knew that I was sick since …
Read →Rapid Loss – my comment on weight loss products
A good friend of mine and fellow fat activist Sonya wrote an article over at Lip. I left a comment on it due to some of the other comments completely missing …
Read →Guest Post: Janevideogate
Awesmome lady and friend Melissa has written today ’s guest post. She currently lives in Turkey, loving live and living it to the full. She sent this to me a …
Read →Childhood Bullying. Nick tells his story. – Guest post from DISCOURSE
Last week I wrote aguest post for Dr Samantha Thomas over on her blog DISCOURSE. I had planned to post it here straight after it had gone live on her site. …
Read →Wherein a man talks about his medical problems – wait, what!?
This subject matter is very personal. I’ve taken a bit of time to sit back and think about whether I really want to open up about this on my blog but I think it …
Read →I’ve been sick recently
I’ve been ill recently. In fact, I’ve been quite ill for quite a long time but over the last two or three months it has gotten a little worse and a little …
Read →Does my gender look fat in this?
When reviewing the recent BMI research that was printed in the Lancet for my post on the “Tsunami of Obesity” something occurred to me. The paper was at pains …
Read →“Tsunami of Obesity” my (fat) arse
It is not surprising to see the media reach for the sensationalist headlines when a new study about “obesity” comes out. Today’s headlines were all on the same …
Read →[Postponed] Australiasian Fat Acceptance Conference Call – Tonight
I realise this is short notice. I’m going to be hosting a conference call tonight at 8pm AEDT. That is 7:30pm ACDT, 7pm AEST, 6:30 ACST, 5pm AWST and 10pm NZDT. …
Read →DrupalDownunder 2011
I attended the DrupalDownunder conference which was held in Brisbane last weekend. Work paid for me to go since I have been working on a major Drupal project …
Read →Facebook stoops to a new low in revenue raising
Update: False alarm folks. Carry on. Apparently it relates to a spam bug in Facebook Pages. Content below is left as a historical reference as to why I should …
Read →A cry for self acceptance
December 17, 2010 Trigger warning: Talking about weight loss and cutting. Not actual cutting mind you. It’s more a figurative thing. I’ve been pretty much …
Read →Fatty nirvana not yet achieved
December 15, 2010 The road to fat acceptance nirvana is a long and arduous one Trigger warning: I will be talking about weight loss concepts. If this triggers, …
Read →Remove the headless fatties from our media
It is high time that mainstream media around the world stopped using headless fatty shots with every article or video piece about fat people. I think there are …
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